Abstract
Purpose: The study was aimed to examine the agreement between parents and clinicians for determining chewing performance level in children with cerebral palsy (CP).
 Methods: This cross sectional study included 50 children with CP and their mothers. The Karaduman Chewing Performance Scale (KCPS) was used to determine chewing performance level in children. Mothers of children with CP scored the level that best describes their child’s chewing performance level twice with one-week interval. An experienced physical therapist in terms of chewing and swallowing disorders was also scored chewing performance level by using the KCPS. 
 Results: The physical therapist and mothers agreed on exactly the same KCPS level in 41 of 50 children (82%). There was an excellent positive correlation between the KCPS scores of the physical therapist and the mothers (r=0.959, p
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